{"id":4211,"date":"2016-12-10T10:43:44","date_gmt":"2016-12-10T18:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shawnna.org\/?p=4211"},"modified":"2016-12-10T10:43:44","modified_gmt":"2016-12-10T18:43:44","slug":"america-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shawnna.org\/?p=4211","title":{"rendered":"America, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

We here in the USA are not very good at really looking at the facts and truth. <\/p>\n

The fact is we’re a nation built on a very ugly foundation of plutocracy, misogyny, and racism. <\/p>\n

The truth is we’re a nation that has never valued deep, intellectual thought and education. <\/p>\n

We’re a nation that has never truly supported the idea that we’re all in this together so we have to make sure we ALL do well. <\/p>\n

These facts and truths are being played out right before our eyes; the otherwise intelligent but willfully ignorant masses refuse to even engage by voting, much less understanding how we got here. <\/p>\n

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So yes, our CIA will point to Russia<\/a>; because the hardest thing for us to do as a society is look in the metaphorical mirror that is being held up for us to see ourselves as we truly are. <\/p>\n

Where we go from here is up to us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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